3 Results for : bussed
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The Maple Leaf , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 687min
Personal mistakes. Shared redemption.Troy and Vincent begin life together on the playground of Maple Leaf Elementary School. It’s Seattle, the 1970s. Vincent is a white student from the neighborhood, while Troy is one of a few African American students bussed in as part of a desegregation program. Vincent quickly admires Troy and befriends him. They share childhood moments such as kickball games, discussions of first crushes, and after-school fishing trips - before their racist environment separates them. As the decades go by, their lives take very different directions. Vincent finishes his time at Maple Leaf, then goes on to high school, college, an internship in London, and - for a time - a successful marriage and career. Troy, on the other hand, begins to suffer as soon as he’s transferred to an elementary school in his own disadvantaged neighborhood. He becomes addicted to drugs in his teen years and cycles deeper and deeper into a life of violence and incarceration. Interwoven throughout the two men’s narratives are stories of Vincent’s aunt, Shirley, and of a compassionate woman named Dolores Moffat, who struggles to find a meaningful place for herself in the world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Anthony Carey. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/150550/bk_acx0_150550_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 584min
With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disabilities and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives. In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual disabilities and all from Texas, lived in an old schoolhouse. Before dawn each morning, they were bussed to a nearby processing plant, where they eviscerated turkeys in return for food, lodging, and $65 a month. They lived in near servitude for more than 30 years, enduring increasing neglect, exploitation, and physical and emotional abuse - until state social workers, local journalists, and one tenacious labor lawyer helped these men achieve freedom. Drawing on exhaustive interviews, Dan Barry dives deeply into the lives of the men, recording their memories of suffering, loneliness, and fleeting joy as well as the undying hope they maintained despite their traumatic circumstances. Barry explores how a small Iowa town remained oblivious to the plight of these men, analyzes the many causes for such profound and chronic negligence, and lays out the impact of the men's dramatic court case, which has spurred advocates - including President Obama - to push for just pay and improved working conditions for people living with disabilities. A luminous work of social justice, told with compassion and compelling detail, The Boys in the Bunkhouse is more than just inspired storytelling. It is a clarion call for a vigilance that ensures inclusion and dignity for all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Fred Sanders. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005183/bk_harp_005183_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Last Lead Holders: Quest for Fulfillment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 288min
Unemployed by the recession of 2008, author Richard Deatherage tells his coming-of-age story. When he visits his ailing father at his parents' home, he is reminded of his childhood growing up, of going up and down his parents' stairway, and of the walls filled with family photos - and a parade of memories flood over him while reminiscing the untold stories of his youth with his parents.Moving from Air Force base to Air Force base every four years, Richard lived and traveled throughout America as a US Air Force brat. And he witnessed the racism of the Deep South in the late 1960s, being bussed from school to school, during the turbulent times of that era, all while his father was overseas fighting the war in Vietnam.When his father returned home from the war, they were reassigned to a new Air Force base, moving to Bunker Hill, Indiana, were he bonded even closer to his siblings in the wild Indiana countryside. His father soon retired from the military service and moved them all back to California in the spring of 1976. The “Spirit of 76” filled their minds, as America celebrated its bicentennial. Richard regales us with his adventures in California - a string of fortuitous circumstances unfolds the likes of which have never been told, which follows the protagonist in so many ways, through misadventures, mistakes, wins, and losses. And at its nadir, Richard finds the joy and pain of spending precious time at his passing father’s side. Well crafted, honest, and beautifully told, this painful and powerful story of American life will make you fight, laugh, love, and cry. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Caroline Waltz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/235529/bk_acx0_235529_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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